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Star Wars PocketModel TCG: Ground Assault

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Star Wars PocketModel TCG: Ground Assault

The Star Wars Pocket Model TCG: Ground Assault (GA) expansion for the Star Wars PocketModel TCG (Trading Card Game) was released on November 14, 2007. This expansion included ground units, such as AT-ATs and Spider Droids, and new rules for the use of ground units. The expansion consisted of 120 cards and 67 units.

Supplemental products for this expansion included the Battle for Hoth Tin (BHoth), which included a fixed 30 card deck focusing on the Battle of Hoth, and AT-AT, AT-ST, snowspeeder and tauntaun PocketModels (MSRP $19.99). The tin also included an exclusive emplacement to be used with an equally exclusive objective card. Each Ground Assault expansion pack (MSRP $4.99) for this release contained 2 styrene cards (4-8 PocketModels), 6 cards, 2 dice and a rules sheet.

The pre-release tournament for Ground Assault was held at GenCon 2007. The expansion was originally scheduled for release in September 2007, but the release date was postponed to November. A promotional playmat poster was made available through mail-in offer with the purchase of five packs from participating retailers.

New gameplay rules and concepts in the Ground Assault expansion included:

  • Rules for ground units
  • New icons: Battle Droid, Blaster, Transport, and Armor

Contents

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[edit] Battle of Hoth Tin

Battle of Hoth Tin

This Star Wars 30th Anniversary commemorative Battle of Hoth tin (BHoth) introduced a new type of playable piece called an emplacement that was deployable with an included exclusive Echo Base objective card. Due to factory errors, no rules book/model construction sheet was included, so only the following items were packaged in the tin:

Units

Cards

  • 3x Attack from Within
  • 3x Blizzard
  • 3x Jedi Leap
  • 2x Pursuit Fire
  • 2x Echo Base Command Post
  • 2x Hoth Drop Zone
  • 2x Assault the Shields
  • 3x Snowtroopers
  • 2x Tauntaun Patrol
  • 1x Tow Cables
  • 2x Rebel Bunker
  • 1x Rebel Transport
  • 1x Chewbacca
  • 1x Wampa
  • 1x Echo Base Hangar Bay
  • 1x Echo Base

[edit] Battle of Hoth Playmat

Battle of Hoth playmat/poster

A mail-away coupon for a promotional Battle of Hoth-themed playmat (Hoth mat) was available on the official WizKids site, or at an LGS upon the purchase of five booster packs, and redeemable when sent in with five wrappers with the corresponding receipts for them. The playmat was divided into zones for use in playing the game, with other areas labeled for placement of cards and game pieces held in reserve.

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[edit] External links

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